Tool-han ole attachment



(No Model.)

E. W. PANT,W. B. ANDERSON & S. W.JRICHARD.

TOOL HANDLE ATTAGHMENT.

No. 447,052. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

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ENOCH NFANT, IVILLIAM B. ANDERSON, AND SAMUEL \V. RICHARD, OF

FRANKLIN, WEST VIRGINIA.

TOOL-HANDLE ATTACHMENT.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,052, dated February 24, 1891.

' Application filed June 30, 1890. Serial No. 357,926. (No model.)

applied at one end (preferably thelighter) of Be it known that we, ENOCH IV. FANTJVIL- the tool, the tool-handle, or the box, and that LIAM B. ANDERSON, and SAMUEL W. RIOH- the open end of the socket S stand toward o ARD, citizens of the United States, residing the other end. Underordinarycircumstances 5 at Franklin, in the county of Pendleton and when the tooth is in closed position, as seen State of West Virginia, have invented a new in Fig. 1, the attachment is not the least in and useful Tool-Handle Attachment, of which the way, being "cry small in size; but when the following is a specification. it is desired to use the tool or tool-box upon This invention relates to wood working a slanting roof, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the [0 tools, and more especially to the handles tooth T is raised so that its rear side will thereof; and the same consists in an attachstand against the closed endC of the socket, ment adapted to be applied to such handles after which the tool or box may be dropped to prevent the tool from slipping off an inor placedupon the roof, and the pointed or clined roof when laid thereon by the user. sharpened end of the tooth will slightly em- I 5 To this end the invention consists in the bed itself into the same and prevent the tool details of construction hereinafter more fully or box from slipping off. described, and illustrated in the drawings, in It will be obvious that a number ofthese which attachments can be secured to the bottom of Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attacha box, and that one can be placed on each side 20 ment in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a cenof a saw orhammer handle. The attachment tral transverse section of the same in its open is preferably of metal, with a steel tooth, position. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a which latter may be ground from time to time hatchet, and Fig. etot'asaw, with ourimproved as it becomes dulled by constant use. attachment applied thereto. Fig. 5 is a per- IVhat we claim is- 25 spective view of the attachment with the The combination, with a tool, of an attachtooth raised, showing the former as secured ment secured to the lower side thereof near by screws to the bottom of a box, as a miterone end, the said attachment comprising a box, which is shown inverted. base 13, a socket S thereon, having one closed Referring to the said drawings, the letter end 0, a pointed tooth T, having a squared 30 B designates the base, upon the outer face of butt mounted on a pivot I within said socket which is formed a raised socket S of about and striking said closed end when the tooth the shape shown in Fig. 5, and within this is raised, and a leaf-spring L, secured in the socket, near the closed end 0 thereof, on a outer end of said socket, with its free end pivot P, is mounted a sharp tooth T, having bearing upwardly against saidto'oth,the open 3 5 corners at its lower end. A leaf-spring L is end of the socket standing toward the opposecured to the base near the outer end of the site end of the tool, and the whole adapted socket and bears upwardly against one side for use substantially as and for the purpose of the tooth when the latter is closed, or hereinbefore set forth. against the end of the same when it is open. In testimony that we claim the foregoing as 40 This attachment is applied to the handle our own we have hereto affixed oursignatures of a saw, a hatchet, or any other tool of simiin presence of two witnesses. lar character, or it may be applied to the bot- ENOOI'I W. FANT. .tom of a miter-box, tool-box, or receptacle for WVILLIAM B. ANDERSON. nails, &c., as shown in Fig. 5,0rdinary screws SAMUEL IV. RICHARD. 4 5 being passed through holes in the base to se- Vitnesses:

- cure the attachment in position. LEE BENNETT,

J. W. MoRRAL.

To all whom, it may concern:

Care must be taken that the attachment be 

